Rayo Vallecano vs Crystal Palace - who is the better team?

Currently Crystal Palace has a better 1vs1 performance index with 88. Rayo Vallecano has 31 goals and Crystal Palace has a total of 22 goals. Our opinion is that currently Crystal Palace would win the match.

• At the moment Crystal Palace has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1479 interceptions and 58 blocks.
• In Crystal Palace the two top defensive players are Addji Keaninkin Marc-Israel Guehi and Joachim Andersen.
• In Rayo Vallecano the two top defenders are Alejandro Catena Marugan and Francisco Jose Garcia Torres.
• Based on this statistics we believe that Crystal Palace has currently the best defense.

Evaluating the strength of a teams midfield is not easy. At 1vs1 we look at a value called Pass Progression Value (PPV). We measure the ability of players to play the pass into dangerous zones and to create chances. Rayo Vallecano has a PPV value of 0.39 and Crystal Palace has a value of 0.19. Within the team of Rayo Vallecano Josep Maria Chavarria Perez has a total value of 4.25 and in the team of Crystal Palace the best player is Albert Sambi Sambi Lokonga.

• To analyse the best strikers of teams we look at the amount of goals, shots on goal and an interesting metric called expected goal value (Xg value – measure who the probability of a chance to turn into a goal.)
• Rayo Vallecano has scored in this season so far 31 goals and 113 shots on goal. Crystal Palace scored 22 and 88 shots on goal.
• The two best players of Rayo Vallecano are Isaac Palazon Camacho with 6 goals and Sergio Camello Perez with 5 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 4.92 and 6.21.
• The two best players of Crystal Palace are Wilfried Zaha with 6 goals and Eberechi Eze with 4 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 6.21 and 2.82.
• Our opinion is that Rayo Vallecano has the better offensive players than Crystal Palace.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Crystal Palace is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.